Berlin | Warsaw | Hengelo | Rotterdam | Festival Guide
09.00 – 10.00 
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(Talk) Opening + Talk Stop Bombing Now
+ signing Anti Bombing Treaty in German (Vertragskonzept)
Anti Kriegsmuseum, Brusseler Strasse 21
Join us at the Anti-Kriegs Museum for an inspiring talk on how to stop aerial bombings—now and in the future. At the opening of this years Four Days In May commemoration we will also present the draft of the world’s first Anti-Bombing Treaty. Stop Bombing Now!
13.00 – 15.00 | (Tour) Poetry Cycle – The Wall
Checkpoint Charlie, Friedrichstraße 43-45
We’ll follow Bertolt and Helene’s footsteps to the Berliner Ensemble, stopping at their favorite park and café. On the return, we’ll visit the Helene Weigel Hof before ending at the cemetery where they rest.
Organised by Brecht Haus www.lfbrecht.de
15:00-18:00 external (Symposia) A Small Volcano – Helene Weigel zum 125. Geburtstag
Weigel House, Chausseestraße 125
by Literaturforum im Brecht Haus
This year, the great theater actress Helene Weigel would have turned 125. She built the Berliner Ensemble, founded the Bertolt Brecht Archive, and made theater history …. (more info at the Literatur Forum im Brecht Haus).
18.30 – 20.00 external (Hommage) 125 years Helene Weigel
Berliner Ensemble, Bertolt-Brecht-Platz 1
by Berliner Ensemble
On the eve of her birthday, the Berliner Ensemble, together with artists, colleagues, and experts, pays tribute to its founding artistic director, the actress Helene Weigel …. (more info at Berliner Ensemble)
21.00 – 22.00 | (Open Podium) Open Podium Berlin
Brecht Statue, Bertolt-Brecht-Platz 1
But that’s not the end yet! For those who still can’t get enough after the official program, there’s an open mic for die-hard poets: spontaneous poetry, peace verse, anti-war haiku, and nocturnal words against war under the stars—at the Bertolt Brecht statue next to the Berliner Ensemble. Bring your words!